Browse Kalanga words: L

• labana
  take turns at something
• labanya
  make alternate; make take turns; make alternate
• labhula
  throw away abruptly, as with a hand or with a stick; throw away abruptly
• labidza
  cause to taste food
• labila
  taste food especially while cooking
• labuka
  to run
• labukila
  try to catch up with someone in a distance; go after; run for; try to catch up with someone in a distance
• ladzika
  cause or help to lie down; be hospitalized; cause or help to lie down
• lakidza
  show; explain the workings of; show to; point out to; show
• lala
  lie down; spend the night; lie down
• laladza
  "get intoxicated; get drunk"
• lalana
  have sexual intercourse
• lalila
  brood over, as of hen on eggs; have an evening meal; ambush; do something for the whole night; brood over
• laluka
  refers to a time past, especially the past year
• lamba
  refuse
• lambi
  lantern; lamp
• lambiwa
  be rejected; divorced; be rejected
• landula
  deny a fault; give a negative answer; deny a fault
• lang'wa
  to sulk; to refuse
• lang'wilana
  refuse to associate with each other
• langa
  white discharge of the eye
• langwa
  sputum
• lang’wa
  to sulk; to refuse, as when fed up
• lang’wilana
  refuse to associate with each other
• lapa
  to cure; heal; to cure
• lapkha
  be cured or healed
• lasha
  cast away; throw away; misplace; cast away
• lashika
  get lost; become cast away; get lost
• lashila
  throw into; throw to; throw into
• laya
  instruct; lay down the rules; give advice, as when someone is getting married; instruct
• layila
  guide; instruct; direct; give a message; guide
• layilila
  give message that something be done
• layita
  light some fire, a torch or a lamp; light some fire
• leba
  talk; speak; talk
• lebanya
  babble; chatter or talk too much; babble
• lebesa
  cause to speak; speak to; tell the truth; cause to speak
• lebeswa
  truth
• lecha
  let alone; leave alone; let alone
• lechedza
  leave alone
• lechedzela
  allow; permit; allow
• lefu
  tall; long
• lefulefu
  very long or tall; tall
• leisa
  cause to avoid something
• lekula
  visit; call to enquire after the health of a sick person; visit
• lekulisa
  tell friends or relatives on the health of someone sick
• lele
  ladder; is asleep
• lelu
  light in weight
• lema
  heavy; cause to form a habit; spoil a child
• lemala
  get injured as a result be disabled; make a habit of something; get spoiled; get injured as a result be disabled
• lembedza
  dangle or carry by holding down loosely
• lembeledza
  hang down; suspend on something; hang down
• lengudza
  make light (decrease weight)
• lete
  bring
• leuka
  be sprained, as of an ankle or any joint; be sprained
• leula
  cause to sprain
• levu
  edible inside of a watermelon
• leya
  avoid; go around something; avoid
• leyana
  alternate; take turns; be mad at one another; pass each other going in opposite directions; alternate
• leyanya
  make to cross the other
• lezwa
  play with a baby
• libadhu
  rib
• li badhu
  rib
• libala
  clearing; an open place
• li bala
  clearing; an open place
• li bante
  belt
• libante
  belt
• libat’i
  door
• li bat’i
  door
• libilidza
  do something quickly; hurry; be in haste
• li bisi
  watermelon plant
• libisi
  watermelon plant
• lidza
  cause to cry; play a musical instrument; to ring; to dial, as a telephone; cause to cry
• liga
  let fall; drop something; let fall
• ligila
  cast down to or for; bring to an end, as of speech; to finish; drop into; cast down to or for
• li khapo
  patterns made on the floor or the wall with cow dung
• likhapo
  patterns made on the floor or the wall with cow dung
• likhwa
  be paid; be rewarded; be paid
• li kobana
  stream
• likobana
  stream
• likuta
  fence around a field of branches of trees; a hedge; a fence
• li kuta
  fence around a field of branches of trees; a hedge; a fence
• lila
  cry; weep; wail; cry
• lima
  plough; till the ground in preparing for sowing some seeds; dig; darkness
• li mende
  spleen
• limende
  spleen
• li menyo
  small black ants
• limenyo
  small black ants
• li meshwe
  left hand
• limeshwe
  left hand; left
• limunula
  plough fallow ground; replough a patch; plough fallow ground
• linda
  wait for; to stay in guard; wait for
• linga
  look; type of bracelet
• linganya
  look in all directions, as when suspicious; look in all directions
• lingilila
  watch; gaze at; watch
• lingisana
  be opposite each other; face each other; be opposite each other
• lingisisa
  examine; look into carefully; examine
• lini
  when
• li nyala
  fingernail
• linyala
  fingernail
• linyemba
  bean plant
• li nyemba
  bean plant
• lipa
  to pay a debt; fine; or payment for services rendered; to pay a debt
• li pai
  soft cotton blanket
• lipai
  soft cotton blanket
• li penyo
  lightning
• lipenyo
  lightning
• li pHangu
  hawk
• lipHangu
  hawk
• liphatu
  fragment of a broken thing
• li phatu
  fragment of a broken thing
• lipisa
  cause to pay one for some destruction
• li psa-badzimu
  burn on the skin, believed to be a burn by the dead ancestors; the will of the wisp
• lipsabadzimu
  burn on the skin, believed to be a burn by the dead ancestors; the will of the wisp
• lisa
  herd or look after; as of livestock
• liswabi
  dried sweet reeds; dried fruits
• li swabi
  dried sweet reeds; dried fruits
• li tombo
  flat rock
• litombo
  flat rock
• litsatsana
  delicate or thin, as of a cloth
• li voni
  lamp
• livoni
  lamp
• lizana
  fit properly
• lizanya
  make equal; measure; try on some clothes; make equal
• loba
  beat or hit
• lobodza
  to give away, as in marriage; officiate a marriage; cause to marry; to give away
• lobola
  marry
• logwa
  be hit; be spanked
• lombe
  singer
• londa
  boil; sore; go after; follow; trace, as someone who is lost
• longa
  put into; insert; put into
• longa-zhoba
  make noise
• longanilo
  joint, in the body
• longazhoba
  make noise
• longoloka
  follow each other in order, as when in a queue; follow each other in order
• longolosa
  set in order; arrange in order; set in order
• lonjelela
  thread something, as beads in a string; thread something
• lopa
  drop of blood
• lowa
  bewitch
• luba
  cotton wool; flower
• lu balilo
  binding round the grass roof onto which the thatch is tied; lath
• lubalilo
  binding round the grass roof onto which the thatch is tied; lath
• lubambo
  peg
• lu bambo
  peg
• lu batsha
  splinter of wood
• lubatsha
  splinter of wood
• lu bengo
  hatred
• lubengo
  hatred
• lu bilo
  speed, in running; rapid pace; a race
• lubilo
  speed, in running; rapid pace; a race
• luboko
  arm
• lu boko
  arm
• lubolela
  bee or wasp sting
• lu bolela
  bee or wasp sting
• lubomba
  cream from fresh milk
• lu bomba
  cream from fresh milk
• lu buwa
  enclosed place in which crops are harvested before being threshed and stored away
• lubuwa
  enclosed place in which crops are harvested before being threshed and stored away
• lu daka
  dung
• ludaka
  dung
• lu dandi
  spider web
• ludandi
  spider web
• lu do
  love
• ludo
  love
• lu dozo
  walking stick used by the old people
• ludozo
  walking stick used by the old people
• lu dzi
  descents; relations
• ludzi
  descents; relations; genealogy
• lu fu
  death
• lufu
  death
• lu go
  ladle
• lugo
  ladle
• lu goti
  big wooden spoon, used when brewing beer
• lugoti
  big wooden spoon, used when brewing beer
• lu gwana
  spoon
• lugwana
  spoon
• luhala
  shotgun; ball bearings
• lu hala
  shotgun; ball bearings
• luji
  right hand; right
• lu ji
  right hand
• luka
  knit; plait; weave; knit
• luka-maano
  to plan; to devise means; to plan
• lukamaano
  to plan; to devise means
• lukata
  heirloom
• lu kata
  heirloom
• lukombo
  threshing stick; a big stick
• lu kombo
  threshing stick; a big stick
• lukuni
  piece of wood
• lu kuni
  piece of wood
• lu kwalo
  book; letter
• lukwalo
  book; letter
• lukwalu
  book, article
• lu kwezha
  millet or small type of grain that is used in brewing traditional beer
• lukwezha
  millet or small type of grain that is used in brewing traditional beer
• lulimi
  tongue; language
• lu limi
  tongue; language
• lulwama
  nice; honest; just; nice
• luma
  bite; sting; infect with venereal disease; eat the first fruits; bite
• lu mbo
  song; tune
• lumbo
  song; tune
• lumika
  cup; have blood drawn by cupping; cup
• lungano
  folk tale
• lu ngano
  folk tale
• lunji
  knitting needle; a long needle used for sewing bags or sacks; an injection needle
• lu nji
  knitting needle; a long needle used for sewing bags or sacks; an injection needle
• lu nyanga
  horn, as of an animal
• lunyanga
  horn, as of an animal
• lunye
  thick-sowing; overcrowded plants
• lu nye
  thick-sowing; overcrowded plants
• lu selo
  flat winnowing basket
• luselo
  flat winnowing basket
• lu shabana
  small baby
• lushabana
  small baby
• lushanga
  reed; stalk of a herbaceous plant; straw; stalk of corn
• lu shanga
  reed; stalk of a herbaceous plant; straw; stalk of corn
• lushaya
  jaw; a cheekbone
• lu shaya
  jaw; a cheekbone
• lutapa
  sewing machine
• lu tapa
  sewing machine
• lutsHi
  soft inner bark of a tree used for making a string
• lutshinga
  blood relative
• lu tshinga
  blood relative
• lu tshwayo
  mark, as of cattle
• lutshwayo
  mark, as of cattle
• lutungo
  rafter
• lu tungo
  rafter
• lutytya
  flank; side of the body
• lu tytya
  flank; side of the body
• lu zangwi
  type of weed of the creeper family
• luzangwi
  type of weed of the creeper family
• lu zibo
  knowledge
• luzibo
  knowledge